Current Issue: 37.1 (March 2013)

The Electronic Drum:
Community Radio's Role in Indigenous Language Revitalization

Features

Keeper of the Knowledge
Agnes Portalewska
Interview with Cultural Survival Board Member Che Wilson (Ngāti Rangi Tribe, New Zealand).

The Electronic Drum
Mark Camp and Agnes Portalewska
Indigenous language loss is occurring all over the world. Concerned communities are using many methods including community radio as an effective tool in revitalizing their languages.

A Tale of One City, Two Languages: Palín, Guatemala
Cesar Gomez Moscut
Has clic para version en Español.

Reviving Kaqchikel Language in Sumpango, Sacatepequez
Anselmo Xunic Cabrera
Has clic para version en Español.

Piecing Together Māori, Word by Word
Erin McArdle
In reversing language decline, the Māori of New Zealand have achieved what many communities hope for. Community radio has played a major role in this monumental effort.

Making Waves: Hawaiian Language On The Air
Kaimana Barcarse
The Hawaiian people’s storied history of using technology to better their lives and their language.
Read the article in Hawaiian here.

Wishing on “Shooting Stars”
Cara Dukepoo
A Hopi radio station in northern Arizona reignites the Hopi language.

Yva Poty Rising
Eric Michael Kelley
In the early morning of November 20, 2012, Paraguayan national police entered an Avá-Guaraní community in eastern Paraguay armed with an eviction notice.

Change Is in All of Us
Danielle DeLuca
Our final installment about December 21, 2012 and what it means for the future.


Read more articles from the March 2013 issue here.

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